http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/massachusetts/ en-us Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:36:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413988/posts it would be novelistically satisfying if the Democrats lost Ted Kennedy’s seat on the issue of government-run health care, thereby dooming...government-run health care. Weekly Standard Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413988/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:36:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410637/posts The American Revolutionary War began in Massachusetts with the Battles of Lexington and Concord, on April 19th, 1775. Following what Emerson referred to as the “Shot heard ‘round the world”, a small fledgling colony stood up against the tyranny of the greatest military force on earth… And won. Great men and women stood up in perilous times and prevailed against what appeared to be unconquerable odds. Some have referred to the present day as perilous times, and once again the people of Massachusetts have an opportunity to set into motion a political revolution. On January 19th, a special election will... Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410637/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:35:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2410081/posts On one of the last of days of digging in Harvard Yard this fall, archaeologists believe they finally found evidence linked to one of the University's earliest buildings, the Indian College that stood on the site from 1655 to 1698. Archaeologists working in a chest-deep hole near Matthews Hall uncovered a narrow strip of dark earth in a lighter, orange-brown layer that marks natural soil. They believe that the dark earth is the bottom of an architectural trench most likely dug for the Indian College, built to house Native American students as part of the University's original mandate to educate... Harvard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2410081/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:07:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409322/posts "...The charity was the Joyce Foundation on whose board of directors Obama served and which gave nearly $1.1 million in two separate grants that were “instrumental in developing and launching the privately-owned Chicago Climate Exchange, which now calls itself “North America’s only cap and trade system for all six greenhouse gases, with global affiliates and projects worldwide.” And that’s only the beginning of this tawdry tale, Mr. Barnes. The “privately-owned” Chicago Climate Exchange is heavily influenced by Obama cohorts Al Gore and Maurice Strong. For years now Strong and Gore have been cashing in on that lucrative cottage industry known... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409322/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:57:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406685/posts On the Next Right blog serial poster Ironman calls for Republicans to seriously contest the January 19 special election to fill Edward Kennedy’s Senate seat in Massachusetts. I’ve argued that this is a long shot, and Ironman doesn’t persuade me that it isn’t. But he does make one good statistical point. While Barack Obama’s 62%-36% margin in Massachusetts makes it seem out of reach for a Republican, Republican Chris Christie did win the gubernatorial race in New Jersey which Obama carried 57%-42% Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406685/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:48:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405641/posts I’ve received a lot of e-mail asking why I haven’t written about the controversy over Kevin Jennings, Barack Obama’s “safe schools” czar. To be honest, the story is so shocking that I haven’t quite grasped how to approach it. Jennings ran an outfit called Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) from its inception in 1995 until last year. During that time, as Jim Hoft at Big Government has detailed, GLSEN offered sex education seminars to young teenagers within the framework of public education that went way, way beyond explanations of human biology and disease transmission. According to multiple sources,... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405641/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:52:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405547/posts Fistgate instructor Margot Abels had been with the Massachusetts DOE “Safe Schools” program for seven years by the time she ran the scandalous workshop documented at the GLSEN-Boston conference in 2000. That takes her back to 1993, the year the “safe schools” program began in the DOE. She had run “at least five” workshops similar to Fistgate prior to 2000.... It was in 1992 that Kevin Jennings joined radical David LaFontaine at the Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, to “run its education committee” – which set up the “safe schools” programs in the Department of Education..... Isn’t it... massresistance.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405547/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:11:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405467/posts You won't believe how 'gross' topics got for teenage students Jennings was co-chairman of committee that set up statewide program A pro-family organization is accusing President Obama's Office of Safe Schools chief, Kevin Jennings, of knowing in advance the "gross and disgusting" subjects that would be covered at a seminar on sex for teenagers. There have been multiple reports about a Massachusetts school seminar 10 years ago sponsored by the group Jennings founded, the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network, that included instructors providing explicit direction on homosexual activities, such as "fisting." The subject has been raised as a direct challenge... Education News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405467/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:39:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404932/posts ObamaÂ’s Safe Schools CzarÂ’s Teen Conference Literature Pushed Anal Sex in Parks With Strangers December 10, 2009 Jim Hoft In March 2000 the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) organization of Massachusetts held its 10 Year Anniversary GLSEN/Boston conference at Tufts University. This conference was fully supported by the Massachusetts Department of Education, the Safe Schools Program, the GovernorÂ’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, and some of the presenters even received federal money. During the 2000 conference, workshop leaders led a “youth only, ages 14-21″ session that offered lessons in “fisting” a dangerous sexual practice. During the same... GatewayPundit.FirstThings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404932/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:41:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404918/posts The first flare-up in the general election U.S. Senate race happened just hours into the six-week contest as Republican Scott Brown challenged Democrat Martha Coakley to sign a no-tax pledge and she promptly slapped down the move as a “gimmick.” “I don’t get involved with campaign gimmicks,” Coakley said. “I’m just not going to respond to that.” Brown, a Wrentham state senator, said of Coakley’s dismissal: “I find that disturbing,” adding, “I think I’m more in line with what people are feeling - the burdens of family issues.” Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404918/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:27:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403697/posts Congratulations Massachussets! You have just chosen the person last night who will succeed the late Ted Kennedy in his senate seat. The Boston Globe's Derrick Z. Jackson declared the winner a week ago on December 3 in this story, Coakley gets the keys to the Senate: MARTHA COAKLEY will be the state’s next US senator. Michael Capuano handed her the keys to the late Ted Kennedy’s office by getting caught up in one last dumb shouting match with the sure loser in the race, Stephen Pagliuca. One can only imagine the smile inside Coakley’s head as Capuano and Pagliuca descended... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403697/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:59:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403381/posts Sen. Brown Wins Mass. Senate Republican Primary ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: December 8, 2009 BOSTON (AP) -- State Sen. Scott Brown has won the Republican nomination in the race to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. Brown defeated businessman and attorney Jack E. Robinson in a primary marked by low turnout. The 50-year-old Brown is a veteran legislator and lieutenant colonel in the Army National Guard who has also gained local notoriety as a former Cosmopolitan centerfold model and the father of an ''American Idol'' contestant. He faces an uphill challenge in a state where the majority of voters are independents... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403381/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 02:07:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402323/posts Governor Deval Patrick canceled at the last minute a speech he was scheduled to give before a little-known but prestigious men’s group, saying the invitation was accepted before he knew of its policy toward women. Patrick withdrew from the speech before the 126-year-old Clover Club about two hours before a dinner was scheduled to begin at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel on Saturday, according to event organizers. Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402323/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 21:30:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401424/posts SNIPPET: "A team of researchers convened by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security began a series of tests today at 20 MBTA stations to determine how airborne contaminants would spread in a terrorist attack on Boston's subway system." SNIPPET: "The findings will help guide the design of future detection systems and help strengthen evacuation, ventilation, and other emergency response plans on mass transit across the country. "We hope to use the data from the two to come up with a model to predict the behavior (of chemicals) in other subway systems," Lustig said." BOSTON.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401424/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 11:13:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401327/posts Six Candidates Seek Ted Kennedy’s SeatBy JIM HICKEY Islanders go the polls in the state primary on Tuesday to cast votes that will help choose Democratic and Republican candidates to run for the Massachusetts seat in the U.S. Senate left vacant in August when longtime Sen. Edward M. Kennedy — who held the seat for 46 years — died after a 14-month battle with brain cancer. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in every town. The four Democratic candidates are Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, Stephen Pagliuca, a managing partner of the Boston Celtics, U.S. Rep. Mike... MV Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401327/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 03:32:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398246/posts NORTH ANDOVER — First it was the menorah on the town common. Now it's the Merry Christmas sign on the fire station. The town has put an end to a longtime holiday tradition ordering firefighters to take down their homemade Merry Christmas sign from outside the fire station after people complained. The sign had been up for a week before it was taken down Friday. Fire Chief William Martineau said the sign was made by firefighters some 50 years ago and was never an issue before. "I think Christmas is officially a religious holiday. But to all of us, it... Lawrence Eagle Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398246/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 06:57:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392703/posts Republican gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Baker has picked state Sen. Richard R. Tisei as his running mate, according to his campaign Web site and Facebook page. An announcement is scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the American Civic Center in Tisei’s hometown of Wakefield, State House News is reporting. Baker’s campaign manager could not be immediately reached for comment. “Richard has years of experience fighting for the taxpayer on Beacon Hill and I’m thrilled to have him on the team,” Baker said in a statement posted on his campaign Web site. The Web page contained on CharlieBaker2010.com included a photo of... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392703/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:00:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388092/posts It’s that most wonderful time of the year. The malls are filled with snowflakes, the oldies radio stations are Christmas music 24/7 and in Chelmsford they’re preparing for the annual arrival of everyone’s favorite holiday Aryan: Swasti-Claus! Byam Elementary School in Chelmsford is one of several area schools that raises money by setting up holiday gift shops. Parents donate trinkets and tchotchkes, which are then put on sale for a few days in December so the little kiddies can buy gifts for mom, dad and the sibs. According to organizers in the Byam PTO, it’s one of their biggest fundraisers.... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388092/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:23:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381813/posts Jack Spillane column: A cup of joe with a guy named Steve (Pagliuca, that is)By Jack Spillane November 08, 2009 12:00 AM He's actually better in person than his ads. I'm talking about Steve Pagliuca, the venture capitalist and Celtics co-owner who's running for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat. In the wake of my initial column about Pagliuca, I had the opportunity to sit down with him for a short interview this week. He had toured a New Bedford scallop company — which must have been in between his cutting TV ads. (I don't need to tell you, of course, that... South Coast Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381813/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:55:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377369/posts Almost 20% of West Virginians eligible to vote are either dead or have moved. Five States with the Most Dead People Eligible to Vote: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming. FUN TIME IN ACORN TOWN: DEAD PEOPLE RULE! Are you lonely when you go to the polling place? Want some company? Perhaps, you'd like to take along a dead "friend" to vote with you. That's a scenario that's becoming more possible across the United States. A combination of old voter registration lists that still contain the names of dead voters and voters who have moved, new "Motor Voter" legislation,... DBKP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377369/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:38:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376948/posts On Nov. 9 Wade Rathke will be speaking at Springfield college,Marsh Hall in Springfield Mass at 7:0PM and at UMASS on Nov. 10, Gordon Hall at 4:00PM. We will be arriving a half hour early to both. When I say we, I mean the western Mass 912 project. Our signs will be aimed specifically at ACORN's and Rathke's legal problems; they will also be aimed at student age people. Apparently we have a troll on our site, they have discovered our plans and plan to counter us. I am asking for help from anyone that can make it. The following... vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376948/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 23:40:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376137/posts Gays demand tolerance and inclusion. See how long that lasts once should they continue to get people fired because they dare not agree with their brand of "marriage".... Bob Parks: Black & Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376137/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:07:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373260/posts Facts are a stubborn thing. And despite the false claims of ideologues, academics and politicians, the facts tell the story of Massachusetts' remarkably successful health-reform law. The lengths that critics have gone to in their various attempts to disprove the obvious—that our state's landmark 2006 law and its implementation amount to a truly historic achievement—would be amusing if the subject were not so serious. The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373260/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:15:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372770/posts Where is Tina Fey now that we need her? Martha Coakley is the front-runner for the Dem nomination for Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat. In a recent debate, asked about her lack of foreign policy experience, the first credential Coakley offered in response was that "I have a sister who lives overseas, and she's been in England and now lives in the Middle East." Will the MSM savage Coakley the same way it went after Sarah Palin for observing that Russia can be seen from parts of Alaska? Not holding breath. Newsbuster http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372770/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:55:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371978/posts Where is Tina Fey now that we need her? Martha Coakley is the front-runner for the Dem nomination for US Senate for Ted Kennedy's old seat. In a recent debate, asked about her lack of foreign policy experience, the first credential Coakley offered in response was that "I have a sister who lives overseas, and she's been in England and now lives in the Middle East." View video here. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371978/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:09:30 GMT